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The Worthless Treaty with Egypt

Isaiah 30:3

In 11 translations

BSB
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
KJV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
WEB
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
ASV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
LSV
And the strength of Pharaoh || Has been to you for shame, || And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
YLT
And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
DBY
For to you the protection of Pharaoh shall be a shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt a confusion.
DRC
And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.
GNV
But the strength of Pharaoh shalbe your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
JPS
Therefore shall the stronghold of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your confusion.
LXXE
For the protection of Pharao shall be to you a disgrace, and there shall be a reproach to them that trust in Egypt.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם מָע֥וֹז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְבֹ֑שֶׁת וְהֶחָס֥וּת בְּצֵל־מִצְרַ֖יִם לִכְלִמָּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἔσται γὰρ ὑμῖν σκέπη Φαραὼ εἰς αἰσχύνην, καὶ τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον ὄνειδος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
  • Jeremiah 17:5–6This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He…
  • Romans 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  • Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  • Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  • Jeremiah 37:5–10Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: “This is what the LORD, the God…
  • Isaiah 45:16–17They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace. But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to…
  • Isaiah 30:5–7everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.” This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of…

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